Tc-99m exametazime diag at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$6,497.16

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,497.16

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $17,017.34 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $389.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $389.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $389.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $389.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $389.83 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $430.76 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $844.63 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $844.63 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $844.63 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $844.63 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $909.60 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $909.60 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,078.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,091.52 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $1,137.00 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $1,137.00 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,266.95 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $1,286.44 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,530.72 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $1,530.72 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,530.72 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,539.83 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,539.83 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,656.78 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,754.23 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,773.72 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,949.15 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $2,085.59 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $2,085.59 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $2,085.59 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,222.03 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,222.03 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,222.03 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $2,274.01 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,274.01 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,274.01 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,598.86 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,598.86 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $2,605.36 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $2,605.36 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $2,605.36 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,793.78 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,813.27 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,813.27 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,813.27 ↓ -57%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,842.27 ↓ -56%
Averde Health Commercial $2,923.72 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,923.72 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,923.72 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,462.99 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,573.44 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,573.44 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,898.30 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,898.30 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,898.30 ↓ -40%
BCBS HMO $3,915.38 ↓ -40%
BCBS PPO $3,915.38 ↓ -40%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,915.38 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,223.15 ↓ -35%
Cigna CSN $4,230.77 ↓ -35%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,580.41 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,872.87 ↓ -25%
BCBS BAV $4,886.97 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5,197.73 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,327.67 ↓ -18%
Cigna PPO $5,454.54 ↓ -16%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,522.59 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,522.59 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,522.59 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,522.59 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,847.44 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $17,017.34 ↑ +162%
Humana PPO $17,017.34 ↑ +162%

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $9,053.47 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $6,745.24 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,389.91 $100.00 – $5,121.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,135.70 $100.00 – $6,102.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $494.55 $360.04 – $2,543.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $524.70 $100.00 – $3,148.20
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $3,218.16 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,135.70 $100.00 – $6,102.00

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